BeaverDawg went hiking October 24, 2015 12 miles 0 feet gained
Although we'd been to Horseshoe Meadow before (via the Stagman Ridge TH), this trail was new for us.This section of the PCT runs through the Cascade Creek burn of 2012. Conditions were dry and cool, the clouds high enough that we had views of the Mountains including Hood & St. Helens and of course, Adams.
The only water was a creek maybe 1/4 mile from the trailhead. The creek at Horseshoe Meadow was dry. We saw no one all day and disappointingly no wildlife. We saw tons of hoof prints along the length of the trail but no wildlife. The fall color on the drive approaching the trail head was good with tall larch trees, vine maple and aspen or aspen-like trees.
